Datapath has strengthened its presence in the APAC region with key staff appointments and larger office facilities.
Michael Austin became Datapath’s director of sales, APAC earlier this year. Having overseen Datapath’s business development in Japan for five years, he has added to his team with the appointment of Takafumi Ono as technical support engineer and Jimme Wong as regional sales manager, ASEAN.
Wong has had a long career in the AV industry including ten years with Christie Digital looking after its command & control, simulation & virtual reality and cinema display business. Wong is based in Singapore and covers Southeast Asia and Taiwan.
Ono, who speaks fluent Japanese, Mandarin, and Cantonese, has decades of experience working as a senior engineer, FAE, sales support and business development manager across a range of sectors including imaging, semiconductors, and cameras. Ono is based in Datapath’s Tokyo office.
Datapath also maintains representatives Glen Wu and Stewart Randall, who are based in Shanghai and cover the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong.
Further developments are ongoing in Japan, where Michael is planning the relocation of Datapath’s current Shimbashi office to a larger and longer-term space in Tokyo, cementing the company’s presence in Japan.
Michael Austin comments: “This is an exciting time for Datapath in Asia. Datapath’s products are increasingly well known in the region, but with the addition of Jimme and Takafumi, as well as the expanded offices, we now have an opportunity to introduce our products to an even wider range of integrators and VARs. This additional resource will allow us to bring an even better service to our clients, with technical advice, support and training.”